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There is a lot of trash in Iowa's local rivers, which affects water quality. That's why our team plans to create a Junior Skunk River Navy to keep up the hard work done by the Skunk River Navy . The Skunk River Navy is an all day event where students pick up trash from the South Skunk River which runs through Story County and the City of Ames. This event was lead by Professor Jim Colbert . Since the Skunk River Navy, which was made in 1998 about 2100 volunteers picked up over 72 tons of trash from the Skunk River and other tributaries .
One large problem in Ames, and the whole world, is water pollution. People throw garbage in the streams and make it inhospitable for wildlife. Our Lego League team, the CyBots, are planning to locally change the amount of trash dumped in our local streams. Our main plan is to use this website to document, and make people aware of the amount of garbage being dumped in our streams, and what we can do locally to decrease the amount of plastic and improve water quality . Our main focus is College Creek.
- Building on experience gained by the organizers of the Skunk River Navy
- https://www.biology.iastate.edu/skunk-river-navy-srn
- The Skunk River Navy (SRN) was started in the fall of 1998 by professor Jim Colbert as a service-learning activity for the Biology Education Success Teams (B.E.S.T.) Learning Community at Iowa State University.
- Since the first SRN in 1998, approximately 2,100 volunteers have removed over 72 tons of trash from the Skunk River and its tributaries.
- The Skunk River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Skunk River Navy operates on the South Skunk River, which runs through Story County and the city of Ames.
- Like most rivers in Iowa, the South Skunk River has been significantly affected by various human activities.
- The South Skunk River is used extensively for recreation, and large quantities of trash deposited in the river corridor diminish this experience.
- trash in the south skunk river can float all the way to the ocean and contribute to the ocean garbage patch
- We plan to organize a Junior Skunk River Navy and convince Ames residents to perform garbage cleanups of their local streams, starting with College Creek
Sites that I used :
- Skunk River Navy ( SRN ) | Biology Program
- 48th Skunk River Navy | Biology Program
- 49th Skunk River Navy | Biology Program
- Skunk River Navy - Deployment 1 | Biology Program
- Skunk River Navy Sanitation , LLC - Home | Facebook
- River Restoration | Iowa's Rivers Revival
- Garbage is growing along banks of Iowa River - KWWL - Eastern Iowa
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